suspensorio

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian sospensorio, Spanish suspensorio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suspensoˈrio/

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• Hyphenation: sus‧pen‧so‧ri‧o

Noun

suspensorio (accusative singular suspensorion, plural suspensorioj, accusative plural suspensoriojn)

1. jockstrap

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin suspēnsōrius (literally “suitable for hanging; sling”), from Latin suspēnsus, perfect passive participle of suspendō (“to hang, to suspend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suspenˈsoɾjo/ [sus.pẽnˈso.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -oɾjo
• Syllabification: sus‧pen‧so‧rio

Noun

suspensorio m (plural suspensorios)

1. jockstrap
2. suspensory

Further reading

• “suspensorio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014